scholarly journals Landscape Changes and Fragmentation Analysis in a Guinea Savannah Ecosystem: Case study of Talensi and Nabdam Districts of the Upper East region, Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Ampofo ◽  
Isaac Sackey ◽  
Boateng Ampadu
Keyword(s):  
Human Interaction ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Landcover Change ◽  
East Region ◽  
Upper East Region ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Categorical Maps ◽  
Landsat Satellite

Landcover change is an observed natural change dynamics at both the local and regional levels. However, its scales are exacerbated by human interaction with its natural environment. The study examines these spatio-temporal changes in landcover and the level to which the change is accompanied by fragmentation of the identifiable cover types in the Talensi and Nabdam districts in Northern Ghana. The research uses digital classification of Landsat satellite imagery for 1999 and 2007 to produce the cover types which results in good accuracy levels of 66.39% and 63.03% respectively. Fragmentation analysis of the landscape was computed using FRAGSTATS® software for categorical maps obtained from the classified landcover maps for the two years. All cover types increased marginally. However, Bare areas decreased by as much as 17.17% and that of water decreased from 3% to 1%. The changing landscape involving conversions within and among various cover types is accompanied by fragmentation in all classes but more pronounced in the Bare class. The Bare class type which has more patches corresponds to the class with increased cover size and rather strangely decreases in the mean path size.

scholarly journals Soil Amendments and Rotation Effects on Soybean and Maize Growths and Soil Chemical Changes in Northern Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. L. Kanton ◽  
S. S. J. Buah ◽  
A. Larbi ◽  
A. M. Mohammed ◽  
J. K. Bidzakin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Amendments ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Benefit Cost Ratio ◽  
East Region ◽  
Continuous Maize ◽  
Upper East Region ◽  
Phosphorus And Potassium ◽  
Benefit Cost

A four-year field trial was conducted at Bonia in the Upper East Region of Ghana to evaluate soybean-maize rotation amendment systems. The treatments included soybean without amendment, inoculated soybean, inoculated soybean with fertisol, inoculated soybean with phosphorus and potassium (P, K), inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol, inoculated soybean with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (N, P, K), and continuous maize. Treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Inoculation negatively affected yields by 2% and 14% in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Soil amendments with P, K or N, P, K increased yields within 45–51%, fertisol increased by 95%, and integration of P, K and fertisol recorded 76% increment of inoculated soybean. Yields of maize increased by 1%, 20%, 25%, 43%, 44%, and 46% under inoculated soybean, inoculated soybean with N, P, K, inoculated soybean with P, K, inoculated soybean with fertisol, soybean without amendment, and inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol, respectively. Maize after inoculated soybean with fertisol and maize after inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol consistently scored higher benefit-cost ratio across the two years of experimentation. Thus, the two systems are conceivable for recommendation to the farmers in northern Ghana.

scholarly journals Delineation of small reservoirs using radar imagery in a semi-arid environment: A case study in the upper east region of Ghana

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 309-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.O. Annor ◽  
N. van de Giesen ◽  
J. Liebe ◽  
P. van de Zaag ◽  
A. Tilmant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arid Environment ◽  
Small Reservoirs ◽  
East Region ◽  
Radar Imagery ◽  
Upper East Region ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Challenges experienced by midwives working in rural communities in the Upper East Region of Ghana: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Adatara ◽  
Philemon Adoliwine Amooba ◽  
Agani Afaya ◽  
Solomon Mohammed Salia ◽  
Mabel Apaanye Avane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Maternal Mortality Ratio ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Maternal Deaths ◽  
East Region ◽  
Upper East Region

Abstract Background In 2017, a total of 295,000 women lost their lives due to pregnancy and childbirth across the globe, with sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia accounting for approximately 86 % of all maternal deaths. The maternal mortality ratio in Ghana is exceptionally high, with approximately 308 deaths/100,000 live births in 2017. Most of these maternal deaths occur in rural areas than in urban areas. Thus, we aimed to explore and gain insights into midwives’ experiences of working and providing women-centred care in rural northern Ghana. Methods A qualitative descriptive exploratory design was used to explore the challenges midwives face in delivering women-centred midwifery care in low-resource, rural areas. A total of 30 midwives practicing in the Upper East Region of Ghana were purposefully selected. Data were collected using individual semistructured interviews and analysed through qualitative content analysis. Results Five main themes emerged from the data analysis. These themes included were: inadequate infrastructure (lack of bed and physical space), shortage of midwifery staff, logistical challenges, lack of motivation, and limited in-service training opportunities. Conclusions Midwives experience myriad challenges in providing sufficient women-centred care in rural Ghana. To overcome these challenges, measures such as providing adequate beds and physical space, making more equipment available, and increasing midwifery staff strength to reduce individual workload, coupled with motivation from facility managers, are needed.

scholarly journals Appraisal of Urban Sprawl in Mega Cities of Punjab Pakistan in context of Socio-Political Issues using RS/GIS.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Memoona Zafar ◽  
Anam Sohail ◽  
Faiza Mehmood ◽  
Muhammad Musharaf ◽  
Jehanzaib Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Landsat Satellite ◽  
Mega Cities

Urbanization has become a hot issue in context of environmental and socio-political scenarios which is addressed at every forum internationally. The mega cities are considered the main origin of socio-economic development which caused to emerge a number of issues like biodiversity, environmental degradation, resource consumption, implementation of law and order and provision of basic facilities to the general public. The area under investigation consists of Lahore, Gujranwala and Sheikhupura. The study site was bounded by 73-75 E longitudes and 31-33 N latitudes. We used Landsat satellite data to map Spatio-temporal variations in urban sprawl from 1990 to 2019 with a temporal window of 15 years. The Landsat data is free, highly reliable and considered as primary source. The classification results show that the total area of study site was site was 29355 km2 including 21933km2 were green index 4595 km2 was under human settlements and 2827 km2 was the waterbody in 1990. The classification of Landsat image of the year 2005 describes that area of human settlements was increased to 9366 km2, the volume of water body was reduced to 2111km2 and the vegetation was also degraded to 17878km2. Again, the urban area was computed using satellite imagery for the year 2019 which was 16105km2 in 2019. Kappa stat proved the accuracy of supervised classification what was around 87%. Remotely sensed datasets proved the reliability of Landsat satellite images for estimation of urban sprawl during last three decades.

scholarly journals Lessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Koku Awoonor-Williams ◽  
Elias Kavinah Sory ◽  
Frank K Nyonator ◽  
James F Phillips ◽  
Chen Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Program ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Community Based ◽  
East Region ◽  
Upper East Region

scholarly journals Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Determining Trends in Wind Energy Potential and Its Uses for Designing Development Strategies in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Nurideen Abdulai ◽  
Leslie Donkor ◽  
Dennis Asare
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Weighted Interpolation ◽  
East Region ◽  
Wind Potential ◽  
Wind Energy Potential ◽  
Upper East Region ◽  
Mechanized Agriculture

This paper is purported to determine the wind energy potential of Ghana for 2010 and 2018 using GIS and RS technologies and how the result could be used to develop a country strategy that benefits the ordinary Ghanaian. In doing this, two different wind potential maps of Ghana were generated for 2010 and 2018 using data from Ghana meteorological Unit and Windfinder respectively. Moreover, the Inverse Distance Weighted interpolation of winds peed was used to generate the maps at different hub heights for 2010 and 2018. The results indicate that, the 2010 wind map showed wind speed is highest (8m/s) in the southernmost part of Ghana (i.e. Coastal part of Greater Accra and Volta Regions) at 10m high while the wind map of 2018 showed that wind speed is highest (9m/s) in the Upper East Region of Ghana at 10m high. As wind energy is untapped in Ghana, we advised that Government should further explore the results for the Upper East Region in ascertaining that it was not influenced by Trade winds and apply to different sectors of the economy through appropriate institutional regulations. The wind energy in Northern Ghana should be dedicated to mechanized agriculture, augmenting electricity tariffs for the poor in those areas and extending electricity to rural communities that do not have access to the national grid under the rural electrification project. Meanwhile, the wind energy generated from the southern part of Ghana should be dedicated mostly to commercial and industrial activities. Keywords: Wind Energy Potential, mechanized agriculture, industrial application, GIS, RS

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